Dam row: MDMK to stop vehicles going to Kerala

MDMK would stop all vehicles going to Kerala at Tiruchirapalli on December 21 as part of its protest against Kerala Government`s demand for construction of new dam at Mullaperiyar.

Chennai: MDMK would stop all vehicles going to
Kerala at Tiruchirapalli on December 21 as part of its protest
against Kerala Government`s demand for construction of new dam
at Mullaperiyar.

MDMK Chief Vaiko said Kerala government and political
parties in that state were determined to demolish the present
Mullaperiyar dam, which was provides water to southern
districts of Tamil Nadu.

"We in Tamil Nadu were exercising extraordinary patience,
but it should not construed that we are tolerating everything. We have to assert our right in the dam", he said in
statement here today.

Vaiko said he would be undertaking a fast on December 8
along with the farmers at Cumbam in Theni district protesting
against Kerala`s demand for a new dam.

PTI

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